Part I: Client and Presenting Problems The presenting family consists of 7 individuals. While the family as a whole is the identified client‚ each individual within the family is suffering from individual issues that are resulting in creating stress throughout the whole family. The identified parents‚ Lena and Stef‚ are a lesbian couple (Bredeweg & Paige‚ 2013). Stef‚ a Caucasian female who is as a police officer‚ was previously married to Mike‚ a fellow police officer‚ and they had a son identified
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was structural family therapy. Family structure “refers to the way a family is organized into subsystems whose interactions are regulated by interpersonal boundaries”‚ (Nichols‚ 2013‚ pg. 124). How structural family therapy is applied is when the subsystems have unclear boundaries. Those unclear boundaries force the family member to become isolated or disengaged. The reason why they become disengaged is because their partner has enmeshed or became closer to someone else in the family. In return leaving
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I desire to obtain my MA in Marital and Family Therapy Program and there is a story to my passion for helping others. As I witnessed a dear friend of mine who I held extremely close to my heart‚ attempt to end her life because of the poor family dynamic she was enduring my world was crushed. She was so unbelievably unhappy with her home environment that she allowed her experience to devalue her worth. She felt a lack of attention from her family because of their focus on situations outside of her
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Family Systems Presentation Valencia lee Nadine Harris Labresha Gilmore Keisha Zachary Strategies of Addressing Conflict in relationship •Get on the same side of the fence •Stick to the problem(s) at hand •Identify the core issue to the problem •Avoid character assignations •Don’t allow the day to come and go before the issue is resolved •Never forget the relationship with that individual is much more important than “winning or the argument Positive Aspects of Divorce • Self Reflection • Self
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Bowen Family System Theory Introduction In doing my studies on family/systemic counselling‚ I found Bowen’s theory intriguing. In my work and everyday life‚ I witness triangulation on a daily basis‚ from my own experience‚ without the awareness from this module‚ I was often entwined in triangulation. As a trainee therapist I decided to write my paper on Bowenian Therapy in order to gain a better understanding and develop my awareness. Murray Bowen‚ M.D. (31 January 1913 - 9 October 1990) was
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Family Systems Overview Karen L. Nelson MFCC/556 Family Systems Theory October 27‚ 2014 Peter Nazaretian Family Systems Overview Family Systems theory was a marked twist on the scientific idea of General systems theory. In General Systems theory‚ a breakthrough in science‚ it was deduced that an organism did not stand alone‚ rather was subject to other organisms that it interacted with and that it was multifaceted. This knowledge when applied to therapy brought for the idea of a holistic
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Family System Theory After reviewing each theory the best theory for my personal model of helping is family system theory. I like how the family system theory is not just one theory‚ but the family system theory involves a variety of other theories into one to help families such as; self-perception theory‚ control theory‚ equity theory‚ escape theory‚ filter theory‚ personal construct theory‚ regret theory‚ and expectant theory. I have always loved to help people out in life and believe the family
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individual therapy‚ the possibility of members becoming dependent on the group leader‚ screening and selection may be poorly conducted‚ and the group leader has less control in influencing what occurs within the group
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Structural Family Therapy Vivian Butler Liberty University Abstract Structural Family Therapy was founded by Minuchin whose desire was to help put structure back into a dysfunctional family. This theory focuses on the whole family as a unit. Minuchin discovered that families are organized into subsystems with boundaries. A dysfunctional family structure will show to be enmeshed‚ disengaged‚ and have confused boundary issues. This theory is designed with goals and techniques that
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Family counseling approach paper: Filial family therapy Liberty University- 2013 Introduction Filial therapy is commonly known as a type of play therapy used to help create a bond between a child and their parents in creating different skills the family may be struggling with. In this paper the writer will go over different ways this therapy can be effective‚ when this therapy may be best used and for what ages that are most receptive to this form
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